Rav Yair Kahn
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Rav Yair Kahn [YHE '77] head of the Overseas Students Program, has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1987. He teaches an Israeli shiur, one into which the Overseas students integrate comfortably. Rav Kahn has been the coordinator of the Virtual Beit Midrash Gemara Iyun Shiur for several years. Originally from NY, Rav Kahn studied at Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva University, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Kahn is also the editor of the Shiurei Hagrid series published by the Toras Horav Foundation and Mossad Harav Kook. |
Teacher | Title | Abstract | Course |
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Rav Yair Kahn | "She-assa Nissim La-avoteinu" | Halakhot of Chanuka | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Checking for Chametz before the Fourteenth of Nisan | Bedikat Chametz (Checking Chametz) Before the Fourteenth of Nisan | Halakhot of Pesach |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Link Between Matza and Maror and the Story of the Exodus | Halakhot of Pesach | |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Prohibition of Work on Erev Pesach | Halakhot of Pesach | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Adar Alef and the Holiday of Purim | Halakhot of Purim | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Tu Bi-Shevat: The New Year for Trees | As Tu Bi-Shevat – the "New Year for Trees" – approaches, let us study the significance of the date chosen for this minor festival – the 15th day of the month of Shevat. | Holiday Packages |
Rav Yair Kahn | Birkat ha-Torah: The Highest of Blessings | Is Birkat Ha-Torah a blessing on a mitzva or a blessing of praise and thanks? Is its recitation a biblical mitzva or a rabbinic one? Is it an individual mitzva or a communal one? This shiur explores these questions through the lenses of the Rambam and Rav Soloveitchik. | Holiday Packages |
Rav Yair Kahn | Revelation and Repentance | Selichot and the Yom Kippur Service | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Moshe and the Giving of the Torah | Immediately prior to the Asseret Ha-dibbrot (Ten Commandments), an enigmatic dialogue is recorded (19:21-25). Hashem orders Moshe to warn the nation not to attempt to catch a glimpse of Hashem. | Standing at Sinai |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Ten Days of Repentance | The Day of Repentance | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Moshe: National Leader and Divine Representative | The Exodus and Moshe | |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Recitation of Hallel on Chanuka | When we open Hilkhot Chanuka, we find, surprisingly enough, a presentation of all the halakhot of Hallel. If we had chosen a framework for these halakhot, we would have likely selected Hilkhot Tefilla, or perhaps we would have preferred Hilkhot Yom Tov. But the Rambam chose specifically Hilkhot Chanuka, which is quite puzzling. | The Meaning of Chanuka |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Miracle of the Lights | The Meaning of Chanuka | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Rosh Hashana – The Jewish Celebration of a Cosmic Event | The Meaning of Rosh Hashana | |
Rav Yair Kahn | "You Shall Make for Yourself the Festival of Sukkot" | The Meaning of Sukka and the Four Species | |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Fruit and the Flower | The Meaning of Sukka and the Four Species | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Remembering and Recounting the Exodus: | The Meaning of the Seder Night | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Matza: Symbol of Servitude, Redemption, or Both? | There are many halakhic indicators, as we shall see, that matza is both the bread of servitude and the bread of redemption. Why are there two foods to symbolize the redemption – matza and the Pesach offering; and why are there two foods to symbolize the servitude – matza and maror? Furthermore, how is it possible that matza can symbolize these two opposites? | The Meaning of the Seder Night |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Secret of Jewish Regeneration | The Meaning of the Three Weeks | |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Yom Kippur Service and the Death of Aharon's Sons | The Meaning of the Yom Kippur Sacrificial Service | |
Rav Yair Kahn | Changes in Prayer During the Ten Days of Repentance | Topics in Halakha | |
Rav Yair Kahn | The Relationship Between Shofar and Prayer | Topics in Halakha | |
Rav Yair Kahn | When Tisha Be-Av Falls on Shabbat | This year, the ninth of Av falls on Shabbat. Since it is prohibited to fast on Shabbat, the fast is pushed off until Sunday, the tenth of Av. However, there are many things prohibited on Tisha Be-Av aside from fasting, and it is usually permissible to refrain from these things on Shabbat. Do these laws apply on Shabbat, despite the fact that the fast is delayed? |